goggling

verb

present participle of goggle
as in staring
to look long and hard in wonder or surprise goggled at the elaborate costumes and floats in the Mardi Gras parade

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for goggling
  1. staring
  2. gawking
  3. gazing
Verb
  • Before ChatGPT came on the scene, chipmakers were staring at a post-COVID chip glut.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Taken roughly two decades after her prison ordeal, the image reveals a still formidable figure, a woman unbroken by countless trials, staring straight into the camera’s lens.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of staring
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  • The film opens with Tenzing as a boy, gawking at Mount Everest, which looms across the valley like Godzilla.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
  • On most days the Jewel House in the Tower of London is packed with tourists gawking at the fabled British Crown Jewels.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of gawking
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  • Frequent elections, impatient constituents and the unrelenting pressure of the news cycle do not provide rewards for gazing into crystal balls or enacting visionary policies whose benefits may only be evident years later.
    — John T. Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Calvo, meanwhile, sits at a desk in his hotel room, gazing into the camera lens placidly while idly sketching on a sheet of paper.
    — Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of gazing
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goggling
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“Goggling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goggling. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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